"No, you should have picked one from a poem
Being written softly with a brush-
The breathless ideogram for love we writers hunt."
-Lawrence Durrell, "A Bowl of Roses"

A Call for Poems on WATER

First Prize: $200. Second Prize: $100. Honorable Mentions: Publication.
The winning poems will be published in Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal.

Deadline: October 15, 2010. Submit one to three poems, all previously unpublished (and not to be published during the course of the contest), and a brief biography. All poems will be considered for publication. Name and address must not appear on the manuscript; provide contact information (including e-mail) on a separate sheet listing titles of the poems. Include an SASE for contest results only. Manuscripts cannot be returned.

Reading Fee: $10. Special Subscription Offer: $15. This includes the reading fee plus a one-year subscription to Deus Loci (normally $10).

Send entries (and checks payable to Deus Loci) to:

Deus Loci White Mice Poetry Contest
David Radavich
6216 Glenridge Road
Charlotte, NC 28211

"Words I carry in my pocket,
where they breed like white mice."
-Lawrence Durrell to Henry Miller